Yeah, 85C idle temps on two cards, because they sit at 3D clocks. In turn, they throttle under load. Popped them in a few rigs with the same problem.

Now I gotta figure out which board will give me x16/x16/x8(I got a few I think), and then figure out the heat issues. Two cards are fine, so perhaps if I watercool just one, it'll be good to go. I got some other fish to fry before I can really play with it though. Still need a fourth card too, for the boards that have 4 slots.

I actually planned to have three reference cards stuffed into my red/black AMD FX rig, and those cards sit in that rig now, and I'm using 5850's with the 3960X right now.

I've actually just recently re-benched most of the motherboards in that pic. Let me tell you, what a chore.

Yeah, those damn cables are huge, and annoying. Can barely fit the side of the case on.

Yeah, 85C idle temps on two cards, because they sit at 3D clocks. In turn, they throttle under load. Popped them in a few rigs with the same problem.

Now I gotta figure out which board will give me x16/x16/x8(I got a few I think), and then figure out the heat issues. Two cards are fine, so perhaps if I watercool just one, it'll be good to go. I got some other fish to fry before I can really play with it though. Still need a fourth card too, for the boards that have 4 slots.

lulz, I jsut hacked an old Gigabyte 3D Aurora form like 2003 to get my tray. I hate the dual 120mm fan holes on the back, completely useless.

I've ordered a proper tray to build the case off of, should be here next week some time, lexan and stuff I have to pick up yet, but I need to wait for warmer weather and my shoulder surgeries to be done before I can get it all together. Painting and gluing in -5c with one arm sucks.

I don't actually expect to be done the FX rig until like October or something. I got two other builds in progress too.